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Sky happenings for the month of September 2015

Note all times and dates in UTC unless otherwise specified.

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Lunar Phases[1]

Phase Date (UTC) Time (UTC)
Last Quarter 05 September 2015 09:54
New 13 September 2015 6:41
First Quarter 21September 2015 8:59
Full 28 September 2015 2:51

Meteor Showers[1]

Delta Sextantids - 29 September 2015

Other events[1]

Partial Solar Eclipse (Antartica, Southern Africa) - 13 Sep 2015 at 6:41 Autumnal Equinox - 23 September 2015 at 8:21 Total Lunar Eclipse (Western Europe, West Africa, South America, Eastern North America) - 28 September 2015 at 2:51

Night Sky

Note that this is for Calgary, Alberta on 15 September 2015 at 22:30 MDT. For this date and local time it will be similar for places in the northern hemisphere.
The summer triangle is still high overhead but now past the meridian mid evening. Autumn constellations such as Pegasus are now coming into view which brings objects like the galaxy M31 as well.

15 Sep 2015 Sky

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information from the RASC Observer's Handbook
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